Cabbage
Moth Mamestra
brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758) ![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds5/textbanner04.jpg) |
Status
.....Common over much of
Nottinghamshire and regularly occurring in urban gardens. |
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Photographed
at Sherwood Forest CP August 2009 |
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Early stages ![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds5/textbanner04.jpg) |
Ovae/eggs (some predated) on Dock Rumex obtusifolius.
Photographed at Market Warsop June 2022 |
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Newly
hatched larva. Photographed at Market Warsop June 2022 |
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2nd
instar larva. Photographed at Market Warsop June 2022 |
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Half-grown larva. Photographed at Market Warsop July 2022 |
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Full
grown larva. Photographed
at Clipstone Old Quarter June 2021 |
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